5 January: The
Māori language magazine, Te Karere o Nui Tireni publishes its last issue. It started in 1842. It is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.[2]
17 January: The Auckland Times ceases publication. The newspaper was first published in 1842.[2]
11 March: The brig H.M.S. Osprey (Captain Patten) is driven ashore and wrecked at
Herekino Harbour, having mistaken it for the entrance to the
Hokianga Harbour, but no lives are lost.[4]
16 May: Māori led by
Te Mamaku attack the fortified outpost at Boulcott's farm near the modern-day
Belmont in the
Hutt Valley. Six troopers and an unknown number of Māori are killed as the attack is repulsed.[6]
^Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at
"Long-term data series". Archived from
the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular
"A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from
the original(Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 23 May 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985:
ISBN0-85902-306-0
^New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 25 July 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985:
ISBN0-85902-306-0
^Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.
5 January: The
Māori language magazine, Te Karere o Nui Tireni publishes its last issue. It started in 1842. It is revived as The Maori Messenger and Te Manuhiri Tuarangi between 1849 and 1863.[2]
17 January: The Auckland Times ceases publication. The newspaper was first published in 1842.[2]
11 March: The brig H.M.S. Osprey (Captain Patten) is driven ashore and wrecked at
Herekino Harbour, having mistaken it for the entrance to the
Hokianga Harbour, but no lives are lost.[4]
16 May: Māori led by
Te Mamaku attack the fortified outpost at Boulcott's farm near the modern-day
Belmont in the
Hutt Valley. Six troopers and an unknown number of Māori are killed as the attack is repulsed.[6]
^Statistics New Zealand has collated estimates from a number of sources (interpolating where necessary) at
"Long-term data series". Archived from
the original on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008., in particular
"A1.1 Total population.xls". Archived from
the original(Excel) on 5 March 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2008.
^New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 23 May 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985:
ISBN0-85902-306-0
^New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Wellington, 25 July 1846. Reprinted in Bromby, R. An Eyewitness History of New Zealand 1985:
ISBN0-85902-306-0
^Nancy M. Taylor (ed.), Early travellers in New Zealand, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1959.